Category: OPULENCE & SPLENDOUR

The life and legacy of Dr David Livingstone

 

Dr David Livingstone is someone who most will remember from their school days. This Scottish explorer and missionary undoubtedly featured on your curriculum and with the publication of a new book on his life by a New Zealander named Paul Bayly, there is now opportunity to learn more about the man behind the legend. (more…)

Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian put their tacky Calabasas home on the market

 

It’s often suggested that Scott Disick is a bit of style icon and though I’ve never watched the television show in which he stars alongside his partner Kourtney Kardashian, I’ve noticed this Californian’s choice of loafers and cars to generally be perfectly tasteful.

 

With the sale of Disick’s home in Calabasas, Los Angeles, however, I must say I now would think twice before allowing him and his wife free reign on anywhere I lived. The 5,400 square foot property, which the agent describes as “East Coast traditional”, is far from conventionally decorated.

 

Having been “dramatically reimagined by celebrity interior designer Jeff Andrews”, the the 5-bedroomed Disick-Kardashian residence looks like something conceived by someone on acid. A black and white sitting room, a vector patterned hallway and a bedroom complete with a Tracey Emin style “love me” in pink about say it all. Disick’s study, equally, doesn’t look much like a place where anyone would get much inspiration either.

 

25435 Prado De Las Peras, Cabasas is for sale through Tomer Fridman of Ewing Sothebys I.R. $3,499,000 (£2,128,000) is sought for the house as Disick and Kardashian are moving to a larger property nearby. Whomever gets it, however, will certainly need a further chunk of change to calm this somewhat hectic home down.

 

 

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Boldly decorated New York apartment by Geoffrey Bradfield for sale

 

If Kelly Hoppen saw this Upper West Side penthouse, she’d likely collapse in utter shock. (more…)

Rolls-Royce that belonged to the inventor Percy Shaw for sale

 

Yorkshireman Percy Shaw OBE (1890 – 1976) was a true eccentric and even the configuration of his Rolls-Royce cars were far from conventional. (more…)

Aviation expert Anthony Brown reports on the replacement for Concorde

 

When it was announced that Concorde was to be scrapped, the ballet dancer Darcy Bussell lamented: “Why can it not be run at a loss? The National Ballet is”. Now, with the unveiling of plans for a jet that will fly between London and Sydney in just three hours, aviation enthusiasts finally have something to celebrate. (more…)

A Grade II* listed mansion for under £1.5 million

 

In London, if you’re lucky £1.475 million will buy you a basement flat in the outer parts of Chelsea. In Cumbria, the same figure will get you a vast Grade II* mansion on the border with Scotland. It may be isolated to the minds of some, but frankly, could you acquire a better weekend party pad anywhere else in the UK for such a figure? (more…)

Bonhams’ The Gentleman’s Library Sale on 28^th and 29^th January features 907 unusual lots. Amongst our favourites are a chair that was adapted for the ‘Elephant Man’, Joseph Merrick, and two cigars that were collected by a nurse who cared for Sir Winston Churchill (more…)

Volkswagen launch car capable of doing 313 mpg

 

Fuel efficient cars are generally ugly beasts. Our least favourite is undoubtedly the G-Wiz but in creating the XL1, Volkswagen have created something quite stunning. (more…)